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TA got slammed here for having an extra kid.

My hotel was on Ka'anapali beach but we saw close to every inch of that island while we were there. We rented a jeep and we were on the go the whole time. We did a ton of activities and ate at a ton of restaurants. It really was incredible, like you said.

TA retired no way thought he was on Charlotte. ??

I like TA. He played hard on a team where few did. Somewhat surprised, but glad to celebrate a Sox All Star position player of which there have been very few in my lifetime.

Agreed all around. That's why I'm against a Jose Abreu celebration or retirement as well. No thanks.

Ah I like Destin, a few too many red necks, but a beautiful beach. Good charter fishing if you're into that sorta thing. I'll be on Oahu. I went to Maui the other year, incredible, maybe the most beautiful place I've ever been. Oahu looks beautiful in its own way and is quite a bit cheaper, still pricey, but not Maui pricey. Where were you in Maui? I was in Napili / Kapalua area. Just stunning. The sunsets were unreal, something out of a foreign planet.

Yeah, seems like strange timing.

I think next stadium will be a good time to coordinate a bit better. They have a lot of statues, they are awesome (i mean that). They have the decals on the walls - they seem half-assed. I don't want a yankees museum but I would like it be a bigger deal to have your jersey retired

Destin. Where at in Hawaii? I went to Maui for my honeymoon in Feb 2020, right before covid hit. Loved it!

Just like nature intended

He had a good 4-yr stretch in which he played 68% of the games. It’s completely bizarre they are doing anything for him.

I was at the ballpark picking up my Pope jersey last week and it was at a part of the ballpark where they had all the all-stars for each position listed like all the 3B, CF, C etc. That was cool to see but yes they definitely need to do more.

No, but as an aside, I wish the Sox created a team "Hall of Fame" like many other teams have that honor impactful players who don't rise to the level of having their number retired. There are lots of players that could be inducted - AJ, Dick Allen, Ventura, Kittle, Black Jack......I could go on and on. I was at Busch Stadium and they do a great job of commemorating such people who don't rise the the level of retired number status.

Seeing videos of Sox fans dressed like the pope on Halloween celebrating a game 7 win over the Dodgers is gonna be nuts.

Again - my main thing is just I don't really want to remember or honor the decade preceding this year. It's not really TAs fault, but they are all wrapped together as a team that led to the dark ages. Worst of all they were all just poseurs. Hahn was a poseur GM, capable of reading the same things we were and saying that he was doing the same things as the smart GMs, but not actually being as smart or talented. That's why he had so many leaks, he needed amateurs to flatter him that his decision making was interesting when it wasn't. We had to believe this GM doing the same moves as the successful franchises would be successful. He wasn't though, he was just a poseur. So many of the players, we believed because they were highly ranked and looked the part would dominate. They did too, but they didn't put in the work of those real baseball players. They fell off. That's the Jose ramirez metaphor. They go up against a real baseball player even in non baseball and they crumble. Their Instagrams were full of them lifting rocks to get ripped but not like, for baseball activities. When it failed it all was so obvious they were a potemkin village of a baseball franchise. Now we have a team that, even if they don't make the playoffs, certainly feels like an mlb baseball team playing mlb baseball like the rest. I don't want a reminder of where we came from. No bringing ex girlfriends on the friend trip.

Seems odd to have a game marking his retirement, but whatever. It's nothing to get all bent out of shape over like some people here seem to be doing. It's not like they're hiring him as a coach or anything. If JR, Brooks, & Co. want to honor him, then that's their choice and it's not going to affect this team on and off the field either way. He definitely had a huge fall from grace both on and off the field, but I hope he has gotten his life together and will have a happy retirement.

I was sitting on my house stairs watching the game -- can't remember why I was on the stairs but I was. My dad and I were on the phone for the last inning, his broadcast was ahead by a few seconds because I was streaming it (thanks blackouts!). I heard him start celebrating a bit and said "let me guess, TA hit a walkoff?" and he responded "how did you know?" Cause TA was a dude built for big moments. Him shushing Yankees Stadium is another all-timer.

My wife thought it was karma biting him in the ass. I just figured the baby mama stuff ended pasta night when he hit a home run and he loved his wife's pasta.

I was just at T-mobile and it was so great. That said, boy it needs a lot of space, and it luckily fits over a similar rail area to the one we'd build on. Fortunately it's situated beautifully with the sound and the skyline. I was sitting I believe under that pepsi banner 10 or so rows down so you got to see both, I was astounded. My impression is that 'hitting dingers in the river' sounds more fun in practice than reality. That part of the branch is not big. It would still provide a lot of fun as a transportation area (bringing water taxis alive) and mini river walk, but it's very scenic going west. Just focus on getting some of the lake/skyline and let the river be a fun place outside the park.

Pretty sure the knee went bad from an on field collision then the baby mama stuff started and he never recovered.

Anderson had a great series against the Athletics in 2020 playoffs leading off but no one got the job done driving him in. TA went 9-14 that series.

To me it felt like TA Believed that needed to happen to fire everyone up, and in his head it did not have the same ending lol.

I think it's weird that people blame the baby mama stuff. He was never the same after he got that hand injury in late 2022

Will his side pieces be on the stage?